The island governor of Saba is the representative on Saba, an island of the Netherlands, of the Dutch head of state (King Willem-Alexander), under responsibility of the minister of the interior and kingdom relations. The governor is appointed by the monarch for a period of six years. The island governor chairs the meetings of the Executive Council and the Island Council, and is the head of the public entity. The current island governor is Jonathan Johnson. The acting island governor is Shamara Nicholson-Linzey.
__TOC__ Functions According to the Wolbes the powers of the island governor are: Section 172 The Island Governor will see to: timely preparation, adoption and implementation of the policy of the public entity and of the resulting decisions, as well as proper attuning between those involved in such preparation, adoption and implementation; proper cooperation of the public entity with the other public entities and other governments; the quality of procedures in the area of citizen participation; careful handling of notices of objection; careful handling of complaints by the island government. The Island Governor will otherwise promote proper attendance to the affairs of the public entity. Section 173 The Island Governor will represent the public entity in and out of court. The Island Governor may delegate the representation to a person appointed by him. Section 174 The Island Governor will be entrusted with maintaining public order.
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Island Territory of the Windward Islands Until 1 April 1983 Saba coexisted with St. Eustatius and Sint Maarten under the Island Territory of the Windward Islands. The lieutenant governor of this island territory was represented on Saba by an administrator.
No.NameTenureTook officeLeft office 1 Pieter Dijkstra 1951 1952 L. de Hoop (acting) 1952 1952 2 Ludwig Reginald Carty 1952 1955 3 Walter Granville Buncamper 1955 1958 4 Edward Carl Labega 1958 1960 5 Henry Carlyle Every 1960 1962 Reinier O. van Delden (acting) 1962 1962 6 Louis Meindert Overberg 1962 1964 Reinier O. van Delden (acting) 1964 1964 7 Gerardus van de Wal 1964 1969 8 Joseph E. Richardson 1969 1971 John Arthur Anslijn (acting) 1971 1971 9 Eugenius A. Johnson 1971 1973 10 Laurens Rosema 1973 1973 11 Victor R. Abraham 1973 1974 John Godfrey Woods (acting) 1974 1975 12 George R. Sleeswijk 1975 1977 William S. Johnson (acting) 1977 1977 Eugenius A. Johnson (acting) 1977 1977 William S. Johnson (acting) 1977 1978 13 Thadeus G. Larmonie 1978 1981 George R. Sleeswijk (acting) 1981 198114 Raphael Sorton 1981 1983
Island Territory of Saba No.PortraitNameTenureTook officeLeft office Raphael Sorton(acting) 1 April 1983 1 November 1983 1 Wycliffe Smith 1 November 1983 2 November 1989 2 Sydney Sorton 2 November 1989 19 November 1998 William S. Johnson(acting) 1998 1 May 1999 3 Antoine Solagnier 1 May 1999 1 April 2006 4 Sydney Sorton 1 April 2006 2 July 2008 5 Jonathan Johnson 2 July 2008 10 October 2010
Public Entity Saba No.PortraitNameTenureTook officeLeft office 1 Jonathan Johnson 10 October 2010 30 June 2026 2 Jocelyn R. Levenstone 9 July 2026 Incumbent
References worldstatesmen.org